Oven drawer construction



Nov, 8, 1949 R. H. MEINERS ET AL 2,487,356

OVEN DRAWER CONSTRUCTION Filed July 10, 1945 2 Shee'ts-Sheet 1 ML- LINVENTORS f ATTORNEY.

Nov. 8, 1949 R; H. MEINERS ETAL 2,437,356

OVEN DRAWER CONSTRUCTION Filed July 10,1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS.

RICHARD H- MEINERS, .1: E526 BY EUGENE ADUPAS.

TTDQNEY Patented Nov. 8, 1949 OVEN DRAWER CONSTRUCTION Richard H.Meiners and Eugene A. Dupas, Milwaukee, Wis., assignors to A. J.Lindemann & Hoverson Company, Milwaukee, Wis., a corporation ofWisconsin Application July 10, 1945, Serial No. 604,240

1 Claim.

The improvements relate to ovens designed to be used for cooking orheating of food and to be heated by electric or gas units, and primarilyto ovens of this type of the sliding drawer variety constructed to bedrawn out of or slid into the stove frame during various heating andcooking operations. Among their objects are the production of an ovendrawer or deep pan of strong, simple and efficient construction whichcan be made with economy of labor, materials and manufacturingoperations and largely of stamped or pressed parts, easily andaccurately assembled, and which when so made will be easy to operate,may be quickly and easily removed from the stove and restored theretowithout the manipulation of fastenings or other connecting parts.

Other objects and advantages of the improvements will be apparent tothose familiar with the manufacture and use of devices of this characterfrom the following description and the accompanying drawings, showing anexemplary embodiment of the improvements, referred to therein.

In the said drawings,

Fig. 1 is a schematic front view of an oven drawer and its mounting; a

Fig. 2 is a vertical section substantially on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a front View of the plate which secured to the front of thedrawer;

Fig. 4 is an inner side elevation of a top fragment of the drawer partlywithdrawn with its supporting rail or track, drawer stop and release;

Fig. 5 is a plan of the parts shown in Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 is an enlarged vertical cross section substantially on the line66 of Fig. 5, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows, but ofthe opposite side of the drawer and track.

Referring to the said drawings, 1 is the drawer or pan proper, whichconsists of a single piece of sheet metal pressed or stamped into anapproximately rectangular bowl of depth equal about one-third its lengthand width but which may have various sizes and shapes. This bowl has itsupper edges curled outwardly to form what are substantially tubes 2 atits front, back and sides and extending around its rounded corners,which not only form a protecting selvage but engage with the front plate5 in longitudinal recesses 6,

and on the slide or track It to slidably support the drawer in the ovenframe, to which the said tracks are secured in horizontal position ateither side of the drawer.

The front plate 5 is connected with the front of the drawer or pan byhaving a longitudinal recess 6 which receives the tubular front edge of2 the latter and a pair of bosses l fitting into apertures 4 of thedrawer to position and hold these parts, and by spot welding betweenthem, by which they are firmly united. This front plate extends aboveand below the drawer and has its edges 3 turned outwardly in a planenormal to the body thereof to overlap the inwardly turned edges l2 ofthe front panel 9 covering it. The front plate of the drawer also has apair of horizontally spaced protuberances 8 at its upper part extendingoutwardly to contact with theinner surface of the panel 9 and havingapertures 18 at their apexes aligned with similar apertures 22 andreceiving a bolt 23 passed therethrough and through the handle bases 2|,so that all three parts are united and secured in position by the saidbolts. A shallow recess l5 in the front of the panel 9 is locatedbetween the bolts 23 and protuberances 8, and it will be understood thatthe handle spans this shallow recess, so that it can be grasped for thepurpose of sliding the drawer in and out without necessitating anyconsiderable projection of the handle beyond the panel and withoutmaking it necessary for the fingers of the operator to come in contactwith the portion 'of the panel beneath the handle. The drawer front 5and outer panel 9 are further connected and secured together in positionby the lugs It extending through and fitting into the slots II, on theflanges l2 and 3 respectively, and by the telescoping relation of thesaid two flanges. This unitary construction of the drawer front 5 andpanel 9 forms a door for the said drawer, and by abutting at its edgesthe front frame M of the stove acts as a stop limiting the inwardmovement of the drawer and defining its closed position.

The side tracks l6 are located on either side of the drawer frame andare so spaced that one of the tubular curled side edges 2 of the drawerI slides on each, and it will be seen that these tubes beingsubstantially annular present only a minimum frictional contact surfacewith the adjacent surfaces of the track, so that the drawer will slidefreely and easily thereon, and without danger of binding or jammingtherein. This action also is assisted by the spring action of the tubeswhich being a little less than a closed cylinder will permit of acertain resiliency and yielding action therein. In cross section, thetracks [6 have the form of a hook enclosing the tubular edges 2 of thedrawer on three sides (see Figs. 1 and 6). About midway of the length ofeach track, however, there is a depending portion I! which forms a stopfor the drawer (Figs. 4 and 5) by coming in contact with its inner edge,and thus checks its outward movement. Beneath this stop 11, however,there is a depressed portion 20 of the bottom or supporting surface ofthe track with inclined sides, the rearward side having a much sharperincline than the forward side of the depression. This has the efiect ofwidening vertically the space of the track in which the coiled edge ofthe drawer works, and permits the operator by lifting the forward end ofthe drawer to pass its rear end around the stop I! and remove thedrawer. To install the drawer in the first instance or restore it afterremoval the opposite of this movement is performed, and so long as theforward edge of the drawer is not raised while the rear edge is close tothe stop, it will be held securely against removal by the said stop.

We are aware that sliding oven drawers have been used for many years andare shown in prior patents, but so far as we know they are all open toobjections which the present improvements have finally overcome.Utilizin these improvements, the :parts of the drawer are made bystamping and pressing most of them or otherwise forming them on sheetmetal forming machines, including the drawer, drawer front, panel andslides, with the greatest accuracy, and assembled with a minimum ofmanual work. When the parts are assembled they operate and coact freelyand with the use of only such :a degree of strength and skill as thefrailest and least skilled operators can supply, and stand upindefinitely even under careless handling. Certain changes in thedetails of construction may be made, however, without departing from thescope of the invention. Thus the fiattened portions l6 of the tracks attheir forward ends may be extended farther back and the stop may becarried by the drawer instead of the track. Other or additional meansfor securing the plate and panel together may also be employed.

What we claim is:

In a device of the character described, a, drawer proper comprisingbottom and upright front, back and sides and having an open top theupper edges of the sides being substantially horizontal and parallel andin the same plane throughout at least a major portion of their length,outwardly curled portions at said upper edges formed into substantiallytubular members in proximity to the upper part of said sides, tracksmounted on either side of but free, separate and apart from the drawerand said members and parallel with said members and extending beneaththem upon which said drawer is supported and slides to inward andoutward positions, said tracks each having portions extending over saidmembers, and a stop fixed to and extending from each portion into thepath of the back of said drawer, said tracks having downwardly depressedportions includin gradually inclined approaches to their lowest part onwhich the back of said drawer slides past said stop when the drawer ismanually moved from normal position thte forward inclined approachesbeing longer and inclined at a lesser angle to the horizontal than therear approaches and forming gradual inclines extending from the lowestparts to a point near the front of said tracks.

RICHARD H. MEINERS. EUGENE A. DUPAS.

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